Milk-can handle



: March .12, 1929 J. L. SHEEHAN 1,705,071

"MILK CAN HANDLE Filed June 12; 1928 I INVENTOR.

{ ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES JOHN LAWRENCE SI-IEEI-IAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MILK-CAN HANDLE.

Application filed June 12,

This invention relates to improvements in handles and particularly to the swinging or loop type of handle usually employed on the common form of milk can used to transport milk from the dairy in rural districts to the distributors in cities.

In the use of the solid, one-piece handles now in general use on milk cans, it has been "found that they often break oil, due to the rough usage to which the cans are continually'subjected in handling and transporta-' tion. After a handle is broken the canmust remain out of commission until a new handle can be substituted.

To attach a new handle of the old type it is necessary to first remove from the can the hinge bracket within which the broken handle was pivoted. This removal involves the operation of cutting oil the rivets which held the bracket on the can and by reason of this cutting operation, there is constant danger of permanently injuring the can or causing it to leak at the rivet holes. Leaky cans, of course, are objectionable on account iii?) of waste of milk placed in the can and, in addition, are unsanitary because foreign matter and germswould have ready access to the interior of the can.

llhe primary object of the present invention is to provide a handle that, when broken, may be replaced with a new one without the necessity of removing the bracket by which the handlesare attached to the can.

A further object is to provide a quickly and easily removable handle of a minimum number of parts but of maximum strength and durability.

In the accompanying drawings, illustratinn the present handle as adapted for use on milk cans, I

Figure 1 is a side view of the handle together with the bracket by which it is secured to the can.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the handle.

Fig. 3 is a view of the loop portion of the handle, and F ig. at is a detail View of the cross bar of the handle.

In accordance with usual practice the hinge-bracket 10 is provided with holes for the rivets by which it is attached to the can 1928. Serial No. 284,742;

body and is also formed with an offset portion 11 (shown in section) forming a bearing for the cross bar 12 of the handle.

To insure strength and durability, the cross bar 12, as well as the loop or handle, 18, are each made in one piece as distinguished from a sectional cross bar or a sectional loop. One end of the loop 13 is pirotally attached to one end of the cross bar 12, preferably permanently by a rivet 14- but not necessarily so, and the other end of said loop is detachably secured to the cross bar by a screw bolt 15. Preferably, the ends of the loop are recessed to form sockets into wiich the ends of the cross bar fit, the cross sectional dimension of said bar is less thanthat of the loop.

With a handle constructed as described, it may be secured in the bearing in bracket '10 by detaching the loop and cross bar by removing screw 15. The loop is then swung on the cross bar so as to lie below and to one side of the bracket, thus permitting the cross-bar tobe inserted in the bracket bear- 7 ing. 'iter this, the loop'is swung back until its free end engages the free end of the cross bar projecting entirely through the bracket. The screw 15 is then replaced, securing the handle in the'bracket. Should the handle be broken, the cross bar can be removed from the bracket by simply detaching the detachable end of the loop from said cross bar. I

What I claim is: r 35 1. A handle for milk cans and the likev compr'sing across bar, and a loop pivotally connectedto one end of the cross bar and getachably securedto the other end of said 2. A handle for milk cans and the like comprising a one-piece cross bar and aloop or handle pivoted to one end of said cross bar and detachably secured to the other end of said bar. v

3. A handle for milk cans and the like comprising a one-piece cross bar and a loop 

